German and Italian fascist armies treated the Jews quite differently during the Second World War. Jonathan Steinberg unravels the motives and force underpinning Nazism and Fascism and discusses the roots of atrocity during war.
An insight into the ambivalence in the relationship between Nazi Germany and Italy whereby the latter did not persecute Jews during World War II. The author explores the motives and forces underpinning Nazism and fascism and analyzes the issue of human responsibility in warfare.
`... a fine book [on] one of the most compelling but least explained chapters in the history of the Holocaust ... marked by careful research and thoughtful analysis' - Times Literary Supplement
